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Gabriel Axel (1918-2014)

Birthplace:
Aarhus, Denmark

Born:
April 18, 1918

Died:
February 9, 2014

Biography from TheMovieDB

Axel Gabriel Erik Mørch, betterr known as Gabriel Axel was Danish director, actor and writer. He spent most of his childhood and youth in Paris. In 1942 Axel was admitted to the acting school at the Royal Danish Theatre in Copenhagen. After a short period of theatre in Paris, he returned to Denmark and began in 1951 to direct television drama. Following a series of more or less erotic films and broadly popular comedies, Axel in 1977 launched a prolific career as a director of French TV films, culminating in 1985 with a historical five-episode series, "Les colonnes du ciel/Heaven's Pillars". In 1987, Axel returned to Denmark to direct what had been his dream project for over 15 years, an adaptation of Karen Blixen's "Babette's Feast." After screening at the Cannes film festival, the film became a worldwide success and won the 1988 Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film.  Gabriel Axel directed some 25 feature films and 50 tv-movies. He appeared in about 25 films.

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Film Performances

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Film Production

Director:
1955  Always Trouble
1957  En kvinde er overflødig
1957  Henrik and Pernille
1958  The Girls Are Willing
1959  Helle for Helene
1960  Flemming and Kvik
1961  Skærmydsler
1962  Crazy Paradise
1962  Oskar
1963  Three Girls in Paris
1963  Vi har det jo dejligt
1964  Paradise and Back
1967  The Red Mantle
1968  Sex and the Law
1970  Amour
1971  Med kærlig hilsen
1972  Soft Shoulders, Sharp Curves
1975  The Goldcabbage Family
1976  The Goldcabbage Family Breaks the Bank
1977  A Crime of Our Times
1977  Going for Broke
1980  Le Curé de Tours
1987  Babette's Feast
1989  Christian
1994  Prince of Jutland
1995  Lumière & Company
2001  Leïla

Screenplay:
1955  Always Trouble
1957  En kvinde er overflødig
1957  Henrik and Pernille
1958  The Girls Are Willing
1959  Helle for Helene
1960  Flemming and Kvik
1961  Skærmydsler
1962  Crazy Paradise
1962  Oskar
1963  Three Girls in Paris
1963  Vi har det jo dejligt
1964  Paradise and Back
1967  The Red Mantle
1968  Sex and the Law
1970  Amour
1971  Med kærlig hilsen
1972  Soft Shoulders, Sharp Curves
1975  The Goldcabbage Family
1976  The Goldcabbage Family Breaks the Bank
1977  A Crime of Our Times
1977  Going for Broke
1980  Le Curé de Tours
1987  Babette's Feast
1989  Christian
1994  Prince of Jutland
1995  Lumière & Company
2001  Leïla

Writer:
1955  Always Trouble
1957  En kvinde er overflødig
1957  Henrik and Pernille
1958  The Girls Are Willing
1959  Helle for Helene
1960  Flemming and Kvik
1961  Skærmydsler
1962  Crazy Paradise
1962  Oskar
1963  Three Girls in Paris
1963  Vi har det jo dejligt
1964  Paradise and Back
1967  The Red Mantle
1968  Sex and the Law
1970  Amour
1971  Med kærlig hilsen
1972  Soft Shoulders, Sharp Curves
1975  The Goldcabbage Family
1976  The Goldcabbage Family Breaks the Bank
1977  A Crime of Our Times
1977  Going for Broke
1980  Le Curé de Tours
1987  Babette's Feast
1989  Christian
1994  Prince of Jutland
1995  Lumière & Company
2001  Leïla

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TV Production

Director:
1985  Les Colonnes du ciel

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